Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10, 2019 -- SEVEN
A View from the
Zimmerman/Adams Hill
to wed
Engagements
Ivy Zimmerman and Braxton Adams
The parents of Iva
Jean “Ivy” Zimmerman
and Braxton T. Adams,
Heppner, announce their
engagement to be married.
Ivy is the daughter of
Jeff and Mary Zimmerman,
Lexington, and Iva Lou
McDaniel Zimmerman,
Heppner.
Braxton, from Henifer,
UT, is the son of Mike and
Terri Peterson, Henifer, and
Troy Adams, Layton, UT.
He is a graduate of Morgan
High School, Morgan, UT.
He is employed with H&M
Ranch in Heppner as a cat-
tle hand.
Ivy is a graduate of
Heppner High School. She
is employed as a sergeant at
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Department and as an EMT
with the Morrow County
Health District.
The couple met at the
rodeo at the Morrow Coun-
ty Fairgrounds. She was
working as an EMT and
was sitting on a hay bale
listening to music. Braxton,
a contestant at the rodeo,
came up to her, sat down
and introduced himself.
They plan an April 20 wed-
ding in Heppner.
"Wine and Design"
Floral class April
11th
Easter Egg
Flower Arrangement
$30
Ione Prom
April 13th
Come in and order your corsage
or boutonniere.
"Frappe & Flowers"
Sign up at Murray's
Kids make a
"Bunny Bouquet"
April 17th - 6:30pm
$25 pre-pay
Must be accompanied by an adult.
HHS Prom
April 20th
Order your corsage and
boutonniere for the
"Enchanted Garden"
Choose from:
Roses - Carnations - Gerbera Daisies
floral department- 541-676-9426
217 North Main St., Heppner
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
www.murraysdrug.com
By Doris Brosnan
Viewed as good luck
was the passing of April
Fools’ Day at Willow Creek
Terrace without any mis-
chievous pranks. But that
fact also brought warm
memories of Velma Wight,
the resident April-Fools
Master prankster who de-
lighted in being the first
and last trickster of the day
looking for a gullible target.
Moving in on April
1, LaVonne Morford ar-
rived in time for the plen-
tiful showers guaranteed
to “bring May flowers.”
LaVonne, who moved from
Redmond, was a long-time
area resident several years
ago, so she has been busy
reacquainting herself with
several familiar names and
faces.
Administrator George
Nairns reports that she has
seeds and pots ready for the
plantings that might begin
next week. National Garden
Week begins on Sunday, the
14 th and several residents
have been sharing their
enthusiasm for the variety
of textures and colors that
will soon enhance the views
from their apartments.
Also on Sunday, the
community on the hill will
be coloring Easter eggs.
Small friends and relatives
have been invited to assist
in this annual task in prepa-
ration for the annual egg
hunt on Easter morning.
The next day is a sort
of reminder that at least
someone has certainly NOT
forgotten us. No matter our
age or our location, the
IRS has been eager to hear
from us.
Easter Sunday, the 21 st ,
will be a special day for sev-
eral residents. And memo-
ries might come alive on
the following Friday when
the morning’s discussion
topic will be “Remember
your first kiss.” Morning
discussions are just one of
the stimulating activities of-
fered throughout the weeks
at the Terrace. Everyone has
the option of exercising, of-
fering input on the morning
topics, playing Bingo and
other games, discussing
stories (Book Club is now
reading Old Yeller), work-
ing the group crossword
puzzle and enjoying Katie
Anderson’s piano music.
As the weather warms
and when the sun comes
out, residents are also look-
ing forward to the several
options for walking about
the area. Last week was
National Walking Week,
but its passing will not curb
the walks on the sidewalk
around the building, walks
in the new front yard and
walks down through the
nearby neighborhood.
Friends wish June
Crowell were still with
them for such activities.
Residents and staff regret
that they did not have more
time with June.
May will be a time for
celebration of spring blos-
soms, but it will also be a
time for celebrations of two
birthdays. Only eleven days
will separate Raymond and
Norma French’s special
days. Raymond will choose
his favorite birthday lunch
to share on the 18 th and
Norma will do the same on
the 29 th .
Another special event
in the dining room will be
High Tea on Tuesday, May
14 th . This is the second year
for this elegant occasion for
which each resident may
invite one guest. Part of
the servings will feature tea
pots and cups and saucers
recently donated by Leann
Rea, from the estate of her
mother, Alvina Padberg.
One apartment remains
available for rent and ev-
eryone looks forward to
welcoming a new neighbor
for the tea, or at least by the
beginning of summer. Any-
one interested in a tour of
the Terrace or information
about its services is encour-
aged to call 541-676-0004.
That number will also
reach someone who can
register you, the reader,
as a participant, a volun-
teer, or both for the June
21 “Rocking the Longest
Day” event at the Terrace.
Memory care is one of the
many responsibilities of
the staff at the Terrace, so
their interest in the work
that the Alzheimer’s Asso-
ciation is accomplishing is
significant, and their spon-
soring of this fund-raiser is
one way of helping build
awareness of dementia.
They also sponsored an
information-sharing event
yesterday at City Hall that
featured a representative
from the association with
information for the general
public and again for first-re-
sponders.
“Rocking the Longest
Day” registration is also
available at the Alzheimer’s
Association website. Sev-
eral rockers will be avail-
able from 5:30 a.m. until
8 p.m. All ages – adults,
teens, children, teams – are
encouraged to come for a
rocking-away of a time slot,
to volunteer for a time slot
in one of the many volun-
teer spots, to bring a friend,
to take a tour, to learn some-
thing more about Alzhei-
mer’s and other dementias
or to give a donation. The
day will include music,
continental breakfast, lunch
and door prizes.
Willow Creek Terrace
also now has a Facebook
page, which will offer more
Walk MS scheduled
Pictured (L-R): Back row, Emily Nash, Merilee McDowell,
Tracy Leeper and Rebecca Kemp. Front row: Barb Orwick.
The eastern Oregon
Walk MS, Together We Are
Stronger, will take place on
Saturday, May 4 beginning
at 10 a.m. at Roy Raley
Park, 1205 SW Court Ave.
in Pendleton. Registration
will begin at 9 a.m. Pre-
registration is available at
walkMS.org or by contact-
ing Louanne Wach, NMSS
walk manager at 503-445-
8346, 855-372-1331 or
louanne.wach@nmss.org.
“I feel so loved and
supported by family and
friends who come out and
are able to make a donation.
Fundraising is how we are
going to find a cure. People
are more than happy to
help. All you have to do is
ask. Walk MS inspires me
to keep moving. Together
we can fight this disease
and together we can find
a cure,” says Merilee, past
EO Walk MS coordinator.
“The National MS So-
ciety exists because there
are people with MS. Our
vision is a world free of
MS. Everything we do is
focused so that people af-
fected by MS can live their
best lives as we stop MS in
its tracks, restore what has
been lost and end MS for-
ever.” Walk MS is a NMSS
event.
Morrow County
Health District
donates to future
Ione Fitness Center
Bob Houser (left), MCHD CEO presents a check to Rollie
Marshall, principal of the Ione School District.
Morrow County Health
District donated $10,000
to Ione School District for
its future Ione Community
School fitness center. The
fitness center will provide
a new weight room for
students but will also be
open for public use during
non-school hours. The new
center will be accessible to
students with disabilities
and open to more physical
education programs, health
classes and other preventa-
tive lifestyle conditioning
for both the students of Ione
and its community.
The fitness center proj-
ect goals align with Morrow
County Health District’s
community benefit fund
and continued promotion
of community health and
well-being.
information about this and
other happenings on the
Hill, so readers are en-
couraged to “friend us.”
Everyone on the Hill ac-
knowledges that they have
now stepped into the social
scene on the internet, so
now not just the IRS will
be interested in them. Their
views on this development
are yet to be solicited….